Monthly Archives: November 2016

Since our last report, New York real estate mogul Donald J. Trump became the President-Elect of the United States despite polls that long predicted Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would win the election handily. In the wake of Trump’s election, oil prices dipped slightly (although not directly attributed to the election) while natural gas spot prices and rig counts held firm. In other news, courts in Appalachia remained relatively quiet while a Kansas federal court issued a pair of interesting decisions highlighting the differences between the text of royalty provisions as they relate to royalties and post-production costs versus a default “marketable condition” rule that sometimes doesn’t jive with the parties’ oil and gas leases. Here’s the week in review along…

Natural gas spot prices in the Marcellus thankfully rebounded amidst steadily rising rig counts while the Henry Hub and oil prices dipped significantly since our last report. In Appalachia, the Ohio Supreme Court declined to choose one default rule of royalty clause interpretation versus another, while the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a series of decisions on disputes over oil and gas rights. In other news, the EPA published control techniques to limit VOC emissions in the oil and gas industry. Here’s a roundup of recent developments: About The Author

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